February 2012
4 posts
BOSTON REVIEW: How Will I Know If He Really Loves... →
Osama kept coming back to Whitney Houston. He asked if I knew her personally when I lived in America. I told him I didn’t. He said that he had a paramount desire for Whitney Houston, and although he claimed music was evil, he spoke of someday spending vast amounts of money to go to America and…
Memories.
“As the person who drafted the 1981 Reagan tax cut, I think Republicans...”
– Why the GOP should stop invoking Reaganomics - The Washington Post
And with that, they were left speechless.
“The secret of success is concentrating interest in life, interest in sports and...”
– Why Not Be Jubilant? - Lapham’s Quarterly
From a beautiful letter to Jackson Pollack from his dad.
“I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a...”
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg (via bostonreview)
Ginsburg’s comment is important. I was recently privileged to a conversation about the differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution while smoking shisha in a cafe just off Tahrir Square. The rest of the world cares about this...